Loose-leaf binder.



J. G. MAGIN.

LOOSE LEAF'BINDER. APPLICATION men IULY 11, m3.

1 Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

Elwwemtoi J. GIIWAGIN.

LOOSE LEAF BINDER. APPLIQATION FILED JULY 17, 1913.

1 ,151 ,024. J Patented Aug. 24, 1915."

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ir o ell Jenni/ U its. 123? JOHN G. MAG-IN, GE .RQCI-IES'LER, HEW YORK, ASSIGNQS) T HIGHER CGNOLLY COMPANY, QIF EJDCEESTEB, YORK, A CORFORATION 0F NEW YOE-K.

LOOSE-LEAF BINDEB.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. Mom, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and. State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Loose-Leaf Binders, which impfovement is fnllv setforth in the foilowing specification and shown the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to looseleaf binders and more )artienlzniy to that "t pe in which the binder is provided with the removable transfer member whicl'i holds or positions the leeves in such a. manner that the perforations in said. leaves are alined in order that they may be quickly introduced over an impaiing proiection or projections of the binder, an object ofthe invention being; to provide for trans-Leningtlie leaves quickly 1mm the iropaling' projection to the transfer member.

To these and other ends the 'iiWe-ntion consists in certain parts :ml combinations of ports all of whi h will be hereinafter described, the novel features lacing pointed out in the appended c sims.

in the drawings: game 1 is iiie View 'looseleof bind perspecembodying" ruler being erzingz the U). u the present improvemerfi's opened for the purpose leaves from the impaling transfer member; Fig 2 the auxiliary transfer 7 one of the important feats invention; Fig.3 is a sect'o the binder when the iattci" is 'o close-1i position anal the auxiliary trouser (ievices are removed; Fig. i is c section view through the binder while the letter is open .E 5 1S a V19}? M :nmlea' mug J. H

member con-ea 6 is seotionni slow on c. be invention is herein. bodied in-o binder of ty cover niemliere 1 :LZiiiiiZ are. seamen connecting n z s cerc vices which, in. to hinged at '1': to i1 piece {ice otthese 11g men1- shown as '51; wire} ot'binciing tie/vices may 2,. in form 01 a bar 6' which carries the 11 is: means pse'E-embly comprising two posts of ellipti o cross section ihe hi3? connecting; m'ber 1' binding w Lille n of s ens-sing i Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

carrying a looking or retaining means preferably in the form of a slide bar 9 pressed in one direction by a spring 10 to' cause shoulders 11 thereon to cooperate with shoulders 12011 the impaling projections after the latter have been introduced through openings 13 in the casin The locking or retaining means is operated through a finger piece 14 on the locking bar 9.

Associated with the parts above described is a transfer member which preferably embodies a bar 15 having one or more laterally extending transfer projections 16 for entering openings in the leaves "17 while said leaves are supported on the impaling posts 7.

Thevforegoing type of binder is old and well known.

In two applications for Letters Petents filed by me on @ctober th 1912, the serial numbers of which are 728,656 and 728,657, I have shown and claimed structures in which means is provided for supporting the transfer mezroer with its projections upright in pros-Linn y is secured to t?" e connecting member on which the retnini r means is arranged, these con structions l) on the transfer member will have one of the cover members a support when. the transfer member removed from the impeling means. In the present im'ention, another means for supporting the transfer member is provided for the purpose ofsecuring the some results and in addition thereto of permitting tll' transfer member to be held by the retaining means without providing any projections on the transfer nber which would interfere with the resting of the transfer member upon a flat support. In this enibocliment,'instead of providing the projections on the transfermemoer for interlocking with the retaining means or similar locking means, projections 18 are provided on the retaining or locking means, and are in the form of short posts'carried by the bar 911ml extemiing: through openings 19 in the casing u snini-postsbeingprovifiecl with shoulders 29 adapted to engage with the 4; 15 after being passed through opcnrovirieil that the leaves 7 ings in sairl bar. When the projections are priwided on. the retaining or looking in ne it is desiraloie to provide a holding mice for preventing the movement of the monster bar 15 in its plane, and, to this end,

' requires a great deal of time as each .leaf

the transfer bar is interlocked with the connecting member or casing 8, this preferably being effected by the provision. of a post 22 extending from the casing or connecting member 8 and adapted to be passed through an opening 23 in the transfer bar 15. With this arrangement, the transfer member may be quickly attached to and detached from the connecting member with the detaining means for cooperating with the upper end of the, impaling projections. The face of the transfer member, opposite that from which thetransfer projections extend, is smooth and will permit the transfer member to rest updn aflat surface and, in to be connected to the retaining means so as to be held by the latter.

While the leaves may be taken singly from the impaling projections and deposited upon the projections of the transfer member, this must beso positioned. that the projections of the transfer member will pass through its openings. Therefore, a further feature of this invention is to obviate this difliculty and to this end one or more aifkiliary transfer devices are provided which guide the leaves from the impaling projections 7 to the transfer projections 16. In this instance, two of such auxiliary transfer devices are provided each cooperating with one of the impaling projections and extending to the transfer member so that leaves from the impaling projections can be carried to the transfer 28 on the auxiliary transfer members;

leaves While the latter member.- 1These auxiliary transfer devices may be in the form of goose necks or U-shaped pieces 24'each having one arm 25 longer than the other arm 26. The arm 26 may interlock with the impaling post and, with this in view, the upper vided with pockets 27 receiving projectioiIis t will be noted that the impaling posts are larger in cross section than the auxiliary transfer devices so that the leaves pass freely on and over the auxiliary transfer device. The longer arms of the auxiliary devices are locked or held against swinging, preferably b bein Y )assed throu h 0 )enin 's 29 in the y b a transfer bar.15 and the openings 13 in the casing 8, through which the impaling projections 7 are passed to be engaged by the coking bar 9. The latter also serves to hold the longer arms of the auxiliary transfer devices and, to this end, said arms are notched at 31 to provide shoulders for engagement bythe locking bar.

.Assume the parts are in the positions snown in Fig. 3 wherein the transfer member projects through certain openings in the are held to the impalmgprojections 7 by'means of the retaining bar 9. en it is desired to use the binder with a book typewriting machine or for any purpose wherein it is desirable to open the addition thereto,

ends of said posts are pro-' book so that the leaves may be thrown or transferred from one cover to the other, the retaining member 9 is moved to free the connecting member 8 from the impaling posts 7 and the two covers with the back opened to a flattened condition as shown in Fig. 1. The transfer member is then connected to the retaining member so that its transfer projection 16 is upright. The auxiliary transfer members 24 are then fitted to the posts 7 and secured by the retaining member 9. The lea may now be passed from the ifnpaling posts 7 over the auxiliary transfer "members 24 and on the transfer projections 16. In passing from the posts 7.; the'large openings in the sheets 1'? permit the latter to pass freely on and over the auxiliary and transfer members 2%. \V hen it is desired to close the book, the locking member 9 is operated to free the auxiliary members which car then be detached from the impaling posts 7, after which the leaves on the transfer member 15 may be deposited bodily on the impaling projections 7 and the binder member or connecting member 8 interlocked with the impaling projections.

hat I claim as my invention and desire secure by Letters Patent is: 1. In a looseleaf binder, theaombination with a pair of binding members, one of which is provided with impaling means, of a transfer member having a transfer projection, and locking means carried by the other hinder member and having means for engaging the impaling means, and also having 100 a projection for engaging the transfer melnber.

2. In a loose-leaf hinder, the combination with a pair of binder members, one of which is provided with impaling means, of a trans- 105 fer member having a transfer projection, and a locking member carried by the other binder member and having a portion to engage the impaling means and also having a. projection to engage the transfer member.

3. In a loose-leaf hinder, the combination with a pair of binder members, one of which is provided with impaling means, of a transfer member embodying a bar having a laterally-extending transfer projection, and a 115 locking member carried by the other binder f member, adapted to engage the impaling means and provided with a projection for engagement with the transfer member.

In a loose-leaf binder, the'combination with a. binder member provided with a plurality of laterally-extending impaling projections, and a transfer member comprising a bar and a laterally-extending transfer projection, of a second binder member embodying a casing having openings for receiving the impaling projections, and a locking member mounted in said casing to engage the unpaling projections, said locking member having a projection extending through the Beer vAinni;nets COPY casing to engage with the bar of the transfer member.

in a loose-leaf binder, the combination with a pair ofbinding members, one of which is provided with impaling means, of

a transfer member having a transfer prowith the back piece, binder members hinged to the back piece and cover members hinged to the binder members, one of said binder members being in the form of a casing provided with openings, of a plurality of impaling projections extending laterally from they other oneof the binding members, a transfer member embodying a bar and a transfer projection for cooperating with leaves on the impaling projections, a positioning projection extending from the first mentioned binder member to engage the bar of the transfer member, a locking bar arranged in the first mentioned binder member and adapted to engage the i'mpaling projections when the latter are passed through the openings of said binding member, and a locking projection extending from the locking bar to the exterior of the binding member and adapted to engage the bar of the transfer member.

7. In a loose leaf binder, the combination with a backing member, a pair of binder members hinged to the backing member, one of said binder members being in the form of easing having openings therein, and a pair oi cover members connected to the binder members, of impaling and -centering projections carried by the other bindermember and holding the leaves in proper relation to each other, the free ends of said projections being arranged toenter openings in the casing binder member, locking means arranged in thecasing binder member to engage the ends oi the impa-ling and centering projections, and a transfer member adapted to be held by the locking means when the covers are arranged in a single plane and c0nstructed to carry the sheets from the impaling projections to the cover by which the locking means is carried without removing the leaves from the binder. 1

8. in a loose leaf binder, the combination with avbacking member, a pair of binder members hinged to the backing member,one of said binder members being in the form of sensing having openings therein, and a pair of cover members connected to the binder members, of impaling and centering projections carried by the other binder mem- J61 and being adapted to pass through the I casing binder member for engage? ends of the impaling projecti a H necks adapted, when the two covermemb erjs lie in one'plane, to interlock with thefends "of the impaling projections and to pass through the openings in the casing to be engaged by the locking means. I V j V 9. In a loose-lent binder,,the combination with two cover members, a binder me'mbe supported by one cover member and bavin an impaling projection for as ing throng an opening in each of the leaves, of a transfer member supported by the otherfcoyer memberand having a pro ection for passm through another opening in such leaves,'an

transfer projection.

openings at their ends, locking means in I .an auxiliary renu 'able transfer device extending from the binder member to the transfer member to cause the leaves to be guided from the impaling projection'to the 10. In a loose-leaf binder,thecoinbiimtionf with two cover members having a binder member supported by one coverf ember and having a'pluraiit y of impaling'projlections, of a transfer member sup orte t e other cover memberand emb yinga ar' having,

at least one transfer projection ,and l"en olv able auxiliary transfer devices each. havin a portion cotiperating withone of the'impaling projections and apol'tioncotiperit ing with the bar of the transfer members, f

11. In a loose-leaf binder,the combination" with two cover me1nbers,a binder member J supported by one cover member and having impaling projections formed with o kets in their free ends and a transfer member supported by the othencoven member and] embodying a bar and a transfer projection, said bar being provided with openings, of removable transfer devices having portions ioe projecting'into the pockets oftheimpaling openings of the transfer ar.

' projections and portions nojecting into the with two cover members, a binder' mernber supported by one cover memberhnd" a plurality of impalingpro ections landfal transfer member supported-by the ot he cover member and havln at least one trinkfer projection, of remove le auxiliary triflinfer devices each having va cross smaller than the cross'swtion of onecf the impaling projections and 'alsohavin'g".

ope end connected to 'oneofthe 126 {projections and the other end to t ie transfer member tonne s de of the trans projection.

13. In a loosdeafbiiide'fl-thecombination with two covermembers, a; binder member,

supported by one cover member and having 3 a plurality ofimpalingprojections, if

transfer member supported by the other cover member and embodying a, bsr'havingf openings and at leastione'tm'ns'fcr projfi -tion.,, of iauxiliary removable transfer die-"I directing the leaves from the impahng vices xeabh having .a ,goose-neek -sh ape with one arm ofleach nterlocked with one of the im'palin-gz projections and the other arm fitted; in "one of the openings of'vthe transfer is provided with impaling means, of a transfer member having a transfer projection,

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14. In a loose-leaf binder tlie combination with atba'ek, piece, of binder members hinged ,to; the back a piece, and; e er members hinged v. traifsfcu;members-having a projection for co-' operation with sheets on. the impalmg means, a

to] thebinder members, oi impaling. means. carried-,by-g; ;one of the binder. members, looking :meanscarried by the other binder member .fo1'-,engaging the impalingv ineans, a

means for sup mi-ting said transfer member with its projection upright and inproximity tovthe; hinge of that cover which is connected "to..,the binder memberhaving the locking means, and a removable auxiliary trans-Q fer device for directing leaves from the impalingfmeans to the transfer projection while the" transfer memberis supported with itsv projection-upright.

"-1". In a loose leaf hinder, the combinationwi'th'a back piece, binder members hinged to the-backpiece;and cover members hinged to 'the binder members, 0f impaling (projections carried by one ofthe-binder members,

lockingi means carried by the other-binder memberflfor engaging the impaling projectioxismr transfer member having a transfer prQ ection, said transfer member being adapted to beengaged-by the .lockingmeans tbI-hQLheldf by the latter with theprojeetion upright, and an auxiliary transfer-device for means to the transfer projections.

- 16. In a loose-leaf binder, the combination with a pair of binder members one of which locking means carried by the other binder member and adapted 'to'engage both the transfer member and the lmpaling means,

and an auxiliary transfer device adapted to interlock with the impaling means and to be engaged by the locking means.

17 In a loose-leaf binder, the combination with a pair of binder members, one of which is provided with impaling projections and the other of which is in the form ofacasing having openings therein to receive the impaling projections, of locking means for 00- operating with those portions of theimpaling projections passed through the open.- ings, atransfer member havinga transfer projection and adapted to be'engaged by the locking means so as to be supported with its projection upright, and auxiliary transfer devices in the form of oose-necks'havin'g ends adapted to be inter oeked with the impaling priijeetions and endsadapted to be passed through the openings in the casing to be engaged by the locking means.

' JOHN G. MAGTN.

- Witnesses:

HAROLD H. SIMMS, ADA- M. \Vnrrmora. 

